reinventing the definition of good food…

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Hello and thanks for visiting!

Over the past few months my diet, and consequently my blog, has changed a lot. Here’s a mini history story:

I was first raised on a beef farm then we moved to a grain farm. Having limitless access to the outdoors and animals was 90% bliss, 10% chores; the chores weren’t all bad, how did I get these awesome toned arms? 🙂

As part of my dad’s annual bonus we got a 4H beef delivered to our door. As a kid I hated beef and pork (except farmer sausage). We would have Sunday roast lunch and I recall chewing and chewing and chewing and sucking pieces of roast in my mouth for days. Literally. Sometimes I would sneak off to the bathroom and spit it out in the garbage. My mother did not approve of that. As a youngster I was diagnosed lactose intolerant and grew up with a disgust of all things dairy and eggish.

As I grew up I began to enjoy well marinated steaks on the BBQ and yes, even Sunday roasts. I never loved the Sunday roasts but they were good. I also learned to enjoy cheese: if it was melted on top of tortilla chips or soups.

Then I moved to England and fell in love with seafood and cheese like never before. British cheese is truly marvelous. I began to delve into cooking with fish and prawns. It was lovely.. that is until I began to have some gut trouble. My GP tentatively suggested that I may have IBS but it was never confirmed. I carried on eating what I wanted and continuted to suffer gut discomfort.

After moving back to Canada I began to do some thinking about the environment and animal welfare. This prompted me to cut out all red meats from my diet, which wasn’t a huge sacrifice because I didn’t have a lot of love for them anyway, and buying only free range eggs and chickens. Happy chickens and happy eggs, right?

After watching a rather compelling documentary, Planeat, and reading many papers, I seriously began to consider cutting out all meat and dairy. The thoughts became a lifestyle change.

Today I am a vegan. I miss cheese dearly but my gut is happier for it. The stomachaches have subsided a lot.

This is the time for vegans! The options are amazing. No more are we confined to bland beans and rice. I do not feel as though I’ve short changed myself at all.

This blog has…

meal ideas (not exact recipes, so if you’re not comfortable with winging it as you go along you’ll probably not find a lot of my posts useful!)